linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 1/4] qrwlock: A queue read/write lock implementation

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Message-ID: <52E155A8.7000206@hp.com>
Date:	Thu, 23 Jan 2014 12:47:20 -0500
From:	Waiman Long <waiman.long@...com>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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	Tim Chen <tim.c.chen@...ux.intel.com>,
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	Scott J Norton <scott.norton@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 1/4] qrwlock: A queue read/write lock implementation

On 01/23/2014 12:15 PM, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Waiman Long<waiman.long@...com>  wrote:
>> I thought that all atomic RMW instructions are memory barrier.
> On x86 they are. Not necessarily elsewhere.
>
>> If they are not, what kind of barrier should be added?
> smp_mb__before_atomic_xyz() and smp_mb__after_atomic_xyz() will do it,
> and are no-op (well, barriers - I don't think it matters) on x86.
>
>              Linus
> -

Thank for the info. I am less familiar with that kind of issues on other 
architecture. I will add a smp_mb__after_atomic_dec() & send out a new 
patch.

-Longman
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